Definition of center

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Center (v. i.) Alt. of Centr.

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Redthroat :: Redthroat (n.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red..
Uncenter :: Uncenter (v. t.) Alt. of Uncentr.
Centripetency :: Centripetency (n.) Tendency toward the center.
Peripheral :: Peripheral (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch..
Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..
Apothem :: Apothem (n.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Rush :: Rush (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush..
Diverging :: Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Bunt :: Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard..
Nucleate :: Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center..
Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea..
Self-centring :: Self-centring (a.) Centering in one's self.
Panther :: Panther (n.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body..
Adduct :: Adduct (v. t.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line.
Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (a.) Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
Downward :: Downward (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous..
Multispiral :: Multispiral (a.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
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